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ALUMNI PROFILE. Better Beginnings: Loretta Finnegan, M.D., HU ’64
ALUMNI PROFILE. Better Beginnings: Loretta Finnegan, M.D., HU ’64
One evening, Loretta Finnegan was called to the nursery at Philadelphia General Hospital to stabilize a newborn who was having difficulty breathing. She also observed that the infant was shaking. “I began to evaluate the baby for such diagnoses as infection or low calcium and sugar,” she says. “Then I recalled something that one of my professors said during my residency: ‘If you see a baby shake, always check the mother’s arms for tracks. Her baby might be going through heroin withdrawal.’” (Drexel University, USA, aufgerufen am 03.02.2024)
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